[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR70.4]

[Page 430]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
PART 70--PRODUCTION OR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION OR MATERIALS--Table of 
Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 70.4  Public access to certain materials.

    (a) To the extent required by 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(2), each component 
within the Department shall make the following materials available for 
public inspection and copying (unless they are published and copies are 
offered for sale):
    (1) Final opinions, including concurring and dissenting opinions, as 
well as orders, made in the adjudication of cases;
    (2) Those statements of policy and interpretation which have been 
adopted by the agency and are not published in the Federal Register; and
    (3) Administrative staff manuals and instructions to staff that 
affect a member of the public, and which are not exempt from disclosure 
under section (b) of the FOIA.
    (b) Each component of the Department shall also maintain and make 
available current indexes providing identifying information regarding 
any matter issued, adopted or promulgated after July 4, 1967, and 
required by paragraph (a) of this section to be made available or 
published. Each component shall publish and make available for 
distribution, copies of such indexes and supplements thereto at least 
quarterly, unless it determines by Notice published in the Federal 
Register that publication would be unnecessary and impracticable. After 
issuance of such Notice, the component shall provide copies of any index 
upon request at a cost not to exceed the direct cost of duplication.
    (c) Whenever it is determined to be necessary to prevent a clearly 
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, identifying details may be 
deleted from any record covered by this subsection that is published or 
made available for inspection.
    (d) Certain records of the Department are available for examination 
or copying without the submission of a formal request under the FOIA, 
e.g., records maintained in public reference facilities. Information 
about the availability of records for examination and copying may be 
obtained by addressing an inquiry to the component which has custody of 
the records, or if the appropriate component is unknown, to the 
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management.

[54 FR 23144, May 30, 1989; 54 FR 25204, June 13, 1989]